Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest,…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the boys were received by Wendy upon their late return?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wendy, boys · What happens: follow, describe, receive, return · To what, where: manner, boys

This is exam question 2 of lesson 327 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest, the boys' late bedtime, and Peter's return with nuts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 received	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boys	det
12	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 received	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 received	aux:pass
14	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 Wendy	case
16	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 received	obl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 return	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 return	nmod:poss
19	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 return	amod
20	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 received	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	receive	past · passive	Wendy	the boys	the manner	upon boys's late return	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in which=Location
4	return		boys = boy				nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

She sat waiting by the fire, sewing quietly and saying nothing about the late hour at all.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sat	xcomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sewing	punct
8	sewing	sew	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 waiting	conj
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	8 sewing	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 saying	cc
11	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 waiting	conj
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 saying	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	16 hour	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hour	det
15	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hour	amod
16	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nothing	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 saying	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	She					tree rules
2	wait	gerund	She not said here				by the fire	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location
3	sew	gerund	She not said here				quietly property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	say speech: assert	gerund	She not said here	nothing	all	about the late hour		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She scolded them but then gave them a hug.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	nsubj
2	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 gave	advmod
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scolded	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hug	det
9	hug	hug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scolded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past	She	them = they					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	give	past	She not said here	a hug	them = they		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient hug=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She was scandalised by the lateness of the hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scandalised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scandalised	aux:pass
3	scandalised	scandalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 lateness	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lateness	det
6	lateness	lateness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scandalised	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hour	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hour	det
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lateness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scandalised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scandalis	past · passive	the lateness of the hour	She					tree rules

Option 4

She ran out to greet them, delighted and laughing at their late return to the nursery.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 greet	mark
5	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 greet	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 delighted	punct
8	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ran	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 laughing	cc
10	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 delighted	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 return	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 return	nmod:poss
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 return	amod
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laughing	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 nursery	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 nursery	det
17	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	run out	past	She				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive	She not said here	them = they			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	laugh	gerund	She not said here		their late return to the nursery		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	return		their = they			to the nursery	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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